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How to write a
romantic novel
As one of
the most popular genres within fiction, romance
novels often provide the inspiration for many
people to follow their dreams of writing and
begin the creative process. For anyone new to
writing and indeed new to this particular niche
it is advisable to learn the key components of
what makes a successful work and how to write a
romance novel.
The secret to getting to first base is adhering
to structure and form. Whilst the romantic
notions essential to this genre are important,
the less glamorous elements provide the frame
upon which you can stretch the canvas of your
romance novel.
Consider structure. There has to be a beginning,
a middle and an end. Obvious. But there also
needs to be character transformation. There
needs to be a tempo to the story – enough to get
the heart racing, but also opportunities for the
reader to get their breath back. Generally
readers need to be comforted that the story is
proceeding along reasonably conventional lines,
so that they can let their imagination run free
over the characters themselves and some of the
intimate moments. If you are new to writing our
novel writing software can help – please see our
‘Overview’ page for more details.’
Characters. Some might say this factor is of the
highest importance when discussing how to write
a romance novel. Who can forget the dashing Mr.
Darcy or the star crossed lovers Romeo and
Juliet with their determination not to submit to
their parent’s rules. It is the color of the
character that might be considered more
important than their depth. But there is always
a back story that needs to be slowly released,
that goes some way to explaining behavioural
oddities.
Then with these points in mind we can now move
onto the features more specific to the genre,
rather than novel writing in general, which can
spice up your writing (our software program can
help you with all of this).
Flirting – a brief exchange, a chance meeting,
the introduction of the love interest, however
this is done it adds real excitement to your
work. Some witty banter or choice words can set
up later scenes and keep the reader guessing as
to later developments.
Falling in love – when, where and why. Is it
love at first sight or does this develop – how
so. There are various ways this can happen but
one of the most important points to note on how
to write a romance novel is this development
should be a play on the readers’ emotions and in
a manner that they can relate to (i.e. imagine
themselves in a similar situation).
Within all the steps for romance writing, it is
important that notes are made on various key
story events, characters and developed and that
your creative ideas for scenes and situations
are noted down and not lost. This amongst
others, is one of the prime areas where
NewNovelist Novel writing software can help.
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Creative writing and learning how to write a novel can be
exceptionally hard. First, you have to learn the basics, then
you have to practice….and practice…and practice. And you also
have to research what makes a successful novel. The vast
majority of novels adopt a basic formula, and we incorporate
these within NewNovelist.
Whilst throughout these additional information pages we have
provided tips and “how-to” advice, the real gold dust is in our
software program (available on CD or to download). It is based
on tuition from the leading university Creative Writing course
in England (University of East Anglia), and uses templates to
provide you with the structure you might otherwise spend years
researching. These templates can teach you the basics to writing
all different types of novel: crime, mystery, detective,
fantasy, childrens, thrillers, military and many many more. In
short, it provides you with a virtual tutor.
In addition to the template structure, there is context
sensitive help available – advising you on timing, tone and beat
– and scores of examples drawn from modern and classical
literature. For beginners this will be a revelation. For more
experienced writers it provides a welcome refresher.
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